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Wales
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Wales
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Wales - Wales
Wales is one of the four states of United Kingdom. Wales is located in the south-west of Great Britain and is bordered by ► England (Lloegr) to the east, the Bristol Channel (Môr Hafren) to the south and the Irish Sea (Môr Iwerddon), with the ► Isle of Man, to the west and north, and also by the estuary of the River Dee (Afon Dyfrdwy) in the north-east. |
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Cymru
Mae Cymru yn un o wledydd Prydain, ac yn un o'r gwledydd Celtaidd. Mae'n rhan o'r Deyrnas Unedig.
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Wales |
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Wales |
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Constituent country of the ► United Kingdom |
| Capital |
Cardiff (Caerdydd) |
| Population |
2,958,600 inhabitants |
| Area |
20,779 km² |
| Major languages |
English, Welsh |
| Major religions |
Protestantism |
| More information |
Wales, Geography of Wales, History of Wales and Politics of Wales |
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Wales - Wales (Category). |
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General maps
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Map of Wales within United Kingdom |
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Map of Wales |
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Map of Wales |
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Map of Cities and Towns |
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Map of National Parks |
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Subdivisions of Wales |
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Counties of Wales |
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Wales, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Wales.
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Britain in CE500 |
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Britain in AD500 |
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Tribes of Wales at the time of the Roman invasion. Exact boundaries are conjectural |
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Mediaeval kingdoms of Wales 700-1000 |
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Wales between 844 - 878 |
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Wales between 900 - 950 |
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Wales between 986 - 999 |
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Wales between 1039-63 |
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Wales in 1093 |
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Wales in 1217 |
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Wales in 1234 |
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Wales in 1267 |
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Gwynedd in 1277 |
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Wales in 1284 |
Political Maps
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Map of the result of the 1999 European election in Wales |
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Map of the result of the 2004 European election in Wales |
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Map of the result of the 1997 referendum on devolution held in Wales |
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Map of the No Vote result of the 1997 referendum on devolution held in Wales |
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Map of the Yes Vote result of the 1997 referendum on devolution held in Wales |
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Map of the result of the 1999 local elections in Wales |
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Map of the result of the 2004 local elections in Wales |
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Map of the result of the 2008 local elections in Wales |
Other maps
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Welsh language |
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Dioceses of the Church in Wales |
Notes and references
General remarks:
- The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references.
- Every entry has an introduction section in English. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The same goes for the texts in the history sections.
- Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
- For Burma, see Myanmar; Great Britain and Northern Ireland, see United Kingdom; Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire; Pridnestrovie, see Transnistria; Taiwan, see China, Republic of; Timor-Leste, see East Timor.
- The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
- The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.
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